Vulnerable Dignity, Dignified Vulnerability: Intertwining of Ethical Principles in End-of-Life Care
The aim of this article is to analyze how dignity and vulnerability, as declared principles of bioethics, both can be seen in a new light when they are thought of together, in their intertwining, in order to outline a proposal for an analytical framework for end-of-life care. It is thus shown, on th...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI
2021
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/9308 |
| _version_ | 1789406353075208192 |
|---|---|
| author | Muñoz Terrón, José María |
| author_facet | Muñoz Terrón, José María |
| author_sort | Muñoz Terrón, José María |
| collection | DSpace |
| description | The aim of this article is to analyze how dignity and vulnerability, as declared principles of bioethics, both can be seen in a new light when they are thought of together, in their intertwining, in order to outline a proposal for an analytical framework for end-of-life care. It is thus shown, on the one hand, that the demand for respect for the equal dignity of every person, linked by the different anthropological and ethical theories to their autonomy as a rational agent, also refers to their fragile, vulnerable, and interdependent character, as an embodied subjectivity, sustained by a complex web of care. On the other hand, the vulnerability of these selves as others, constituted by the radical appeal of everything that affects them socially, emotionally, sensitively, and by their need for recognition and attention, would be pathological if it did not include the impulse towards autonomy, which, although precarious and connotative, requires dignified and equitable treatment. This intertwining of both principles points to a phenomenological conception of the person as a corporeal social existence, from which a number of studies on the attention to dignity and vulnerability at the end of life are analyzed. |
| format | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
| id | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-9308 |
| institution | Universidad de Cuenca |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2021 |
| publisher | MDPI |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | oai:repositorio.ual.es:10835-93082023-04-12T19:24:02Z Vulnerable Dignity, Dignified Vulnerability: Intertwining of Ethical Principles in End-of-Life Care Muñoz Terrón, José María bioethics ethical principles autonomy dignits vulnerability corporeality responsiveness end-of-life care The aim of this article is to analyze how dignity and vulnerability, as declared principles of bioethics, both can be seen in a new light when they are thought of together, in their intertwining, in order to outline a proposal for an analytical framework for end-of-life care. It is thus shown, on the one hand, that the demand for respect for the equal dignity of every person, linked by the different anthropological and ethical theories to their autonomy as a rational agent, also refers to their fragile, vulnerable, and interdependent character, as an embodied subjectivity, sustained by a complex web of care. On the other hand, the vulnerability of these selves as others, constituted by the radical appeal of everything that affects them socially, emotionally, sensitively, and by their need for recognition and attention, would be pathological if it did not include the impulse towards autonomy, which, although precarious and connotative, requires dignified and equitable treatment. This intertwining of both principles points to a phenomenological conception of the person as a corporeal social existence, from which a number of studies on the attention to dignity and vulnerability at the end of life are analyzed. 2021-01-18T09:31:09Z 2021-01-18T09:31:09Z 2021-01-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 1660-4601 http://hdl.handle.net/10835/9308 en https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/2/482 Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess MDPI |
| spellingShingle | bioethics ethical principles autonomy dignits vulnerability corporeality responsiveness end-of-life care Muñoz Terrón, José María Vulnerable Dignity, Dignified Vulnerability: Intertwining of Ethical Principles in End-of-Life Care |
| title | Vulnerable Dignity, Dignified Vulnerability: Intertwining of Ethical Principles in End-of-Life Care |
| title_full | Vulnerable Dignity, Dignified Vulnerability: Intertwining of Ethical Principles in End-of-Life Care |
| title_fullStr | Vulnerable Dignity, Dignified Vulnerability: Intertwining of Ethical Principles in End-of-Life Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vulnerable Dignity, Dignified Vulnerability: Intertwining of Ethical Principles in End-of-Life Care |
| title_short | Vulnerable Dignity, Dignified Vulnerability: Intertwining of Ethical Principles in End-of-Life Care |
| title_sort | vulnerable dignity, dignified vulnerability: intertwining of ethical principles in end-of-life care |
| topic | bioethics ethical principles autonomy dignits vulnerability corporeality responsiveness end-of-life care |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10835/9308 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT munozterronjosemaria vulnerabledignitydignifiedvulnerabilityintertwiningofethicalprinciplesinendoflifecare |